Illuminating the Past : The Little Town Club and similar items

Condition: Good. Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, bumping to edges, light scuff at back top left, dent to part of front side edge of cover. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT: When Sylvia Weller and Norma Jean Shaw invited me to lunch at The Little Town Club one day in July 2011, I was curious. After a few pleasantries, they began to describe plans for the club's one-hundredth-year celebration, scheduled to occur in 2014. The Centennial Steering Committee wanted to produce a pictorial history book for the occasion. As co-chairs of the committee, they asked me to be editor! I was surprised. My only qualifications were a reputation for being organized and a commitment to the club. But I accepted the challenge and the journey began. The centennial history that follows was shaped by seven dedicated writers, two digital photo experts, and the club president, Sarah Vedder. This Centennial Book Committee met monthly to share ideas, problems, and progress. From the beginning, a unifying theme emerged: the endurance of the club as a place of warmth, culture, and tradition. We decided to include concurrent world and local events and changes in the status of women as background for the development of the club. The writers pored over one hundred years' worth of board minutes, rosters, letters, bills, legal documents, and photograph albums. We spoke to longtime members who shared photographs, anecdotes, and memories. We consulted people with knowledge of the community and its institutions. We spent many hours at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, where Michael Redmond facilitated our research. Maxine Crandall shared material from the Junior League. This history could not have been published without the help and support of many. The entire Board of Governors and, especially, presidents Raye Haskell and Sarah Vedder provided resources and inspiration. Club manager Patti Smith-Cornesky encouraged us to embark upon the project, located archival material, and, along with the staff, assisted us in a variety of ways. My deepest gratitude goes to Jane Kern, who spent countless hours helping the writers select photographs and then preparing each image for submission to the publisher. Thank you to the writers who spent two years researching, writing, revising, and meeting. I am very grateful to Sylvia Weller and Susan Gulbransen, who read every word and offered valuable suggestions. Thank you to my husband, Mead, for support, encouragement, and loving advice. It has been an exciting journey. Betsy Callahan Northrop Charter Members: Alexander, Mrs. Arthur Bingham, Mrs. A. E. Bingham, Miss Madeline Brodie, Mrs. Benjamin P. Brown, Mrs. Rexwald Campbell, Mrs. William N. Carrier, Mrs. Charles F. Chamberlain, Miss Ellen S. Doe, Miss Marguerite Dowson, Mrs. P. S. Ealand, Mrs. Kate Edwards, Mrs. George S. Fithian, Mrs. Joel R. Gould, Mrs. Frederic S. Graham, Mrs. William Miller Hale, Mrs. Clinton B. Henshaw, Mrs. William Hollister, Mrs. Harold A. Howard, Mrs. Joseph Isley, Mrs. Spencer Jefferson, Mrs. John P. Kearny; -Mrs. Emma R. Keeney, Mrs. Seth A. Knapp, Mrs. George Owen Lataillade, Miss M. A. Leadbetter, Mrs. Frederick W. Mackinlay, Mrs. Robert Oothout, Mrs. William Orena, Mrs. Arturo Page, Mrs. John E. Park, Mrs. C. C. Park, Miss E. G. Park, Miss E. K. Peabody, Mrs. Frederick F. Randall, Mrs. Frederick H. Raymond, Mrs. Charles B. Redington, Miss Sarah Rice, Mrs. Philip H. Rickard, Mrs. James B. Russell, Mrs. Howland Sidebotham, Mrs. Harold Spaulding, Mrs. E. R. Stow, Mrs. Sherman Tallant, Mrs. George P. Trimble, Mrs. Margaret Weatherwax, Mrs. Clifford Wilson, Mrs. Francis